The Gourmet's Lil'snack

A crown

Humbert frowns but ruffles her hair in hope to cheer up. "It's too early to be sad about that, don't you think?" Kian butts in as she licks her lips.

She leaned into his hand. There were a lot of things she'd miss about this, but she missed a lot of things about being small too. Her attention moved to Kian as she spoke. "Y-you have a point, yeah. S-sorry..." Maybe she could convince Alex or Raymond to let her help make dinner tonight. Shaking her head, she looked up at the both of them. "S-so what do we wanna do now?"

"Hmmm...how about we go out for a walk? In the forest I mean." Humbert proposed, purring as he started to massage her head a bit.

"A walk?" She looked up at him, her tail wagging lightly. She looked at her new clothes. "C-can I go change? I-I don't think a dress would be good to walk outside in."

"Of course! I recommend it! And don't forget to get good shoes and some water!" he kisses the top of her head before letting go. "Well then! See you guys tonight!" Kian says as she walks away, back in her room.

"Yes, daddy." She purred, then looked to Kian and waved. "Alright, have fun!" She went to her bag of clothes and looked through it. After finding the right set of clothes and her boots, she went to the bathroom to change. When she came back out, she even grabbed the hiking bag he'd helped her pick out. "I'm ready!"

"Let's go then." he chuckles as he puts a water bottle in her bag before putting some snacks in his bag before taking her hand and traveling to the forest they once visited.

Thorne followed after him happily, her tail wagging again as she held his hand with hers. The forest was so different at this size. Much less frightening but just as beautiful. "Wow..." She kept hold of his hand as she looked around and wandered a little.

There were a lot of leaves on the ground as the air gets colder and colder during the month. Humbert kicks around the leaves joyfully. Autumn is actually his favorite season in the human world.

His daughter seemed to love it too as she tried to crunch some of the leaves and kick them around with him. She wandered as far as she could while still holding onto his hand, then would come back over to him only to wander again when something caught her eye.

He chuckles at her attics, finding it so adorable. He hopes that one day, she will be able to enjoy the outside even in her normal form. But for now, they keep wandering inside the wilderness back to the bench.

As they walked there was a familiar, uncomfortable scent here and there. It was faint, old...but not that old. Maybe a day or a few hours at best. Thorne didn't seem to notice it, but then she didn't notice much of a scent difference between humans and demons....or maybe that was because she mostly lived with demons and Alex was the only human she'd ever been close to...and not only did he also live with demons, but he had one and an angel on his shoulders 24/7.

Humbert did smell that scent and almost let out a growl. His instincts back screaming at him to track down that bastard. But he doesn't. Thorne is having fun right now and he doesn't want to leave her alone, even more in the woods. So instead he keeps walking with her, kicking leaves there and here, letting her explore the surroundings as much as possible. At last, he knows that the demon is still hanging around and watching the chaos they made. When they were at the picnic area, a realization hit him as a memory came up. He knows who that demon is...

She looked up at him, noticing that something in his expression changed. She tilted her head, squeezing his hand and offering him a smile. For a moment she let go of his hand as they reached the bench, going to check out a patch of flowers.

At that, he looks at her before sighing but smiling too as he softly squeezes back. He lets her check whatever she finds interesting. Keeping an eye on her.